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  • Ecology,
  • Plant reproduction / pollination,
  • Genetics,
  • Speciation / Evolution,
• 10/17/13

Desert Blooms and Marathon Moths

Giant hawk moths fly for miles each night in search of flower nectar -- and are thus critically important as pollinators of desert wildflowers. Plant romance by the light of the full moon at New Mexico's White Sands National Monument. 

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